Critics denounce new CDC guidance urging mask usage, vaccine or not

By Casey Harper | The Center Square

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday, reversing its previous COVID-19 guidance by urging Americans to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. Critics quickly denounced the reversal, saying it undermines vaccine confidence.

The CDC said all students and teachers should wear masks, even if they are vaccinated, and that all Americans, including those with the vaccine, should wear masks in public places where the virus has a significant presence. The agency cited the delta variant of COVID, which is more transmissible.

The CDC had previously announced in May that vaccinated individuals did not have to wear masks. The White House fended off questions from reporters at the White House press briefing on the reasoning behind that reversal.

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Even before news broke about the CDC’s reversal, some state and local governments already had begun putting in place their own requirements. California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that all health care workers and state employees must show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly COVID tests. Los Angeles County took similar measures, requiring residents to wear masks while indoors “regardless of vaccination status.”

“When [Biden] made those comments back in May, we were dealing with a very different strain of the virus than we are today,” Psaki told reporters. “And delta is more transmissible. It is spreading much more quickly.”

The decision throws more fuel on the fire as Americans debate the efficacy and safety of the vaccine and many have already expressed their disapproval of the new mandates. The CDC’s announcement took fire from Republicans, who argue it will further weaken Americans’ confidence in the vaccine.

“The CDC’s updated guidance deeply undermines vaccine confidence. Mask mandates for more command and control will not build trust – only resentment,” House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers said. “The Biden Administration should be leading with science, not shame and fear.”

The Biden administration also has grappled with whether to require vaccinations.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced Monday that health care personnel working for the agency must get the COVID vaccine. The rule includes “physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors,” all of whom have eight weeks to get the vaccination.

“We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep Veterans safe, especially as the Delta variant spreads across the country,” McDonough said. “Whenever a Veteran or VA employee sets foot in a VA facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from COVID-19. With this mandate, we can once again make – and keep – that fundamental promise.”

Even before news broke about the CDC’s reversal, some state and local governments already had begun putting in place their own requirements.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that all health care workers and state employees must show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly COVID tests.

Los Angeles County took similar measures, requiring residents to wear masks while indoors “regardless of vaccination status.”

“We share our deepest condolences with those of you who have lost friends, loved ones, and family during this difficult time,” Los Angeles County Health Officer Muntu Davis said in the announcement. “We expect to keep masking requirements in place until we begin to see improvements in our community transmission of COVID-19. But waiting for us to be at high community transmission level before making a change would be too late.”

New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago have put mask mandates in place as well, among others.

The mandates have become a major point of controversy. St. Louis’ indoor mask mandate has been challenged with a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general.

“This continued government overreach is unacceptable and unconstitutional, especially in the face of a widely available vaccine. There is absolutely no scientific reason to continue to force children to wear a mask in school,” the state’s Republican Attorney General, Eric Schmitt, said. Schmitt also is running for Senate. “Back in May, I filed suit against St. Louis County for continuing to impose such unlawful restrictions, and just three days later, those restrictions were lifted. I will continue to fight this seemingly unending control and intrusion on peoples’ lives – we will not back down.”

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5 thoughts on “Critics denounce new CDC guidance urging mask usage, vaccine or not

  1. Interesting, given the CDC was FOIA’d for evidence of ANY virus being isolated, and the responses without exception for ALL the viruses FOIA’d for evidence, from the CDC…say…nope…we’ve never seen any proof these viruses exist.

    You can download the letters to read them yourselves, here – there is also an outstanding HUGE reward (one million maybe?) available to anyone who can isolate and prove the existence of any viruses…still unclaimed.

    Here’s your homework to READ from the CDC:

    https://www.drrobertyoung.com/post/cdc-now-admits-no-gold-standard-for-the-isolation-for-any-virus?utm_campaign=f8770c4c-3960-482b-b501-0f396eaf0a95&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=1b0777ee-9848-47d7-97ac-8be31759b442

    Of course, Dr. Young’s staff had to FOIA to get this information.
    But CDC continues to lie to the public and create policies predicated on the actual existence of a THING that has never been proven to exist.

    This is the DEFINITION of working from a MODEL (not reality) as opposed to working from LIFE, and REALITY.

  2. As many of us know, this was never about health, this event is about control, total control of a population through fear delivered by media 24/7. I find this interview with Dr. David Martin extraordinary. Perhaps, many of you have already seen it. If not, I highly encourage you to do so.

    https://www.bitchute.com/video/SOursljQSR9Z/

  3. It’s all about compliance..Would one use chicken wire on windows to keep out mosquitoes? Of course not..Same w/cloth masks..ONLY an N-95, electrostatic charged at the factory works and then only for about 20 hours before discarding..Cloth masks? See the chicken wire/windows analogy above…’Nuff said..SM.

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